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Spiritual Abuse: Take Back Your Faith

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:October 2, 2011
  • Post category:Hard Times, Abuse

To heal from spiritual abuse, look inside for what you know for sure.

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“Trust Me!” and Other Red Flags

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:April 2, 2011
  • Post category:Hard Times, Abuse

When you pay attention to red flags, you claim your power to choose, help your self-trust heal, and make room in your life for people who treat you with respect.

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Step Away from Double Binds

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:March 2, 2011
  • Post category:Hard Times, Abuse

How to identify and respond effectively to contradictory demands.

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Demand Respect, Not Victim-Blaming

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:December 2, 2010
  • Post category:Hard Times, Abuse

You are already enough. No one deserves abuse for any reason.

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Not Again! Tame Your Fiercest Patterns

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:July 2, 2010
  • Post category:Hard Times, Abuse

When your recurring pattern has you in its claws, hold still and move in.

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Grieve Neglectful Mothering

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:November 2, 2009
  • Post category:Hard Times, Abuse

Many clients have brought in their pain over neglectful or abusive mothering. May you have many reparative experiences!

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Emotional Abuse: You Deserve Better

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:September 1, 2008
  • Post category:Hard Times, Abuse

Emotional abuse can be as obvious as name-calling and raging, or it can be so subtle you spend days wondering why you feel so bad.

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